Biometric characteristics of the pelvis in female-to-male transsexuals

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1303-1313

  Sitek, Aneta ^a   Fijałkowska, Marta ^b   Zadzińska, Elzbieta ^a   Antoszewski, Bogusławi ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Gender identity disorder; Pelvis; Sexual dimorphism; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC BONES; PELVIMETRY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84869220563     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-9989-4     Document Type: Article

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